Transport Aircraft

Models for commercial transport aircraft based on AeroSandbox.

Currently focuses on performance deltas between conventionally-fueled (kerosene) vs. liquid-hydrogen aircraft for long-haul transport.

Optimized LH2 Aircraft

	Optimized LH2 Airplane	Optimized Kerosene Airplane	As-Built B777-300ER
# of passengers	400	400	396
Ultimate range	7,500 nmi	7,500 nmi	8,200 nmi (estimated)
Cruise Mach	0.82	0.82	0.84
Cruise Altitude	37,500 ft	37,400 ft	43,100 ft
Gross weight	257,300 kg	293,200 kg	351,500 kg
Empty weight	176,000 kg	144,600 kg	167,800 kg
Fuel capacity	42,300 kg	109,600 kg	145,500 kg
Wing span	64.8 m	64.8 m	64.8 m
Length	80.6 m	73.1 m	73.9 m
Lift/Drag	15.6	16.6	-
Fuel burn	7.62 g/pax-km	19.7 g/pax-km	19.4 to 26.1 g/pax-km
Transport energy	0.91 MJ/pax-km	0.85 MJ/pax-km	0.84 to 1.13 MJ/pax-km

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studies		studies
study_market_segmentation		study_market_segmentation
study_tank_gravimetric_efficiency		study_tank_gravimetric_efficiency
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Design Drivers for Efficient Hydrogen Transport Aircraft.pdf		Design Drivers for Efficient Hydrogen Transport Aircraft.pdf
README.md		README.md
design_opt.py		design_opt.py
flowdown_of_a_joule_sankey.py		flowdown_of_a_joule_sankey.py
julias_things.py		julias_things.py
network_scale.py		network_scale.py
requirements.txt		requirements.txt
solve.py		solve.py
study_colors.py		study_colors.py
transport_comparison.png		transport_comparison.png